Veterans invited to public meeting for new Anderson clinic

A Columbia-based leadership team from Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be in Anderson on Tuesday to talk about the proposed outpatient clinic for the city.

The Department of Veterans Affairs already operates a clinic on North Greenville Street but announced plans two years ago to build a new $30 million facility somewhere in Anderson. This past spring, officials said it would be built by 2014.

"It's coming, it's going to be large, and it's going to be great," the VA's Richard Boggan told veterans during a public meeting in March.

Appropriate sites have been identified on U.S. 76 and S.C. 81, though the VA has not yet announced a final location.

The clinic in Anderson serves 4,800 veterans annually, most of them from Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee counties.

The meeting this week will take place 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Anderson County Public Library, 200 N. McDuffie St. in Anderson.

Further information about the meeting is available from Kathryn Dixon at 803-776-4000, extension 6879, or Evetta Gregg at extension 7696.